Yeah, remember this?

I lied. Well, I’m lying now. According to Bioware at the time, the answer that they gave for Mass Effect not having the downloadable content in the retail game was correct. But now it’s changed.

It’ll be free.

That’s right. According to Kotaku, when you purchase the game, you will have a web address and a code (or something similar; it might be attached to the installer) which will give you the ability to download ‘Bringing Down the Sky’, free of charge. Regardless, I was going to get this yet again, so this has just sweetened the deal.

Tags: masseffect, bioware, bringing down the sky

Now you can say it to your friends without having to spell it!

Both http://level18.info/ and http://leveleighteen.info/ redirect to my main page. Please use these when referring via aural means (podcast w/o shownotes, word of mouth etc), as I can get referral figures for them.

Stay tuned for the botched podcast, later today. : D

But the computer says it too.

With the immersive saga that is Electronic Arts’ continual attempts to buy Take Two (the developers and publishers [via Rockstar, their publishing arm] of Bully, Manhunt, and Grand Theft Auto), things are starting to come to a head. The legal endgame for this round is scheduled for 5am tomorrow (Saturday) morning GMT, and it looks like Take Two is just about ready to flex that middle finger again.

Despite the annual shareholders meeting being an affair not for the young ‘uns, in order to keep the long-time investors having the real say compared to people who jumped on the bandwagon after the games world started spinning around them, there are still those that are convinced they should sell to EA, and one is trying to screw them over in their desire for cash instead of shares. It’s even gotten to the point where the FTC wants a slice of the action.

The most recent development? Of course, Take Two says ‘No’. No to the price, no to the time. And above all, the Board have been re-elected for another year at a 77% majority, 73% wanting them to hunker down, in return for a LOT of concessions and bonuses. This has all but sealed the offer as not accepted, and with Grand Theft Auto IV on the way, and drawing ever closer (Eleven days to go, methinks), Take Two look like they’re going to take their diamond encrusted, signed-by-beckham football and go home.

Tags: electronicarts, take two, bully, gta, grand theft auto, manhunt, epic win

Xbox Live will be down on the 21st of April for ‘routine maintenance’, between 10am GMT and 6pm GMT (aka 2am-10am PST). That’s most of my gamertime damn it. Ah well. At least I’ll be able to write more stories in that case.

So, your options for Monday are:

• Read a few gaming mags (I know I have a few that I want to read).
• Read a book (Mass Effect: Revelations, anyone?).
• Actually go to school/college/uni?
• Listen to the second GoY Podcast (which I was supposed to be in)
• Rent and complete Bioshock/CoD4/Portal.
• Sleeeep.

Have fun!

Tags: 360, microsoft, xbox live, down again?!